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It is **free for non-commercial\nuse**; [commercial use requires a paid license](#commercial-licenses).\n\nConditions on all uses:\n\n1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice must be retained in all\n   copies or substantial portions of the Software.\n\n2. Any modifications made to the Software must clearly indicate that they are\n   derived from the original work, and the name of the original author\n   (J. Gravelle) must remain intact. He's kinda full of himself.\n\n3. Redistributions of the Software in source code form must include a prominent\n   notice describing any modifications from the original version.\n\nThe Software may not be renamed, rebranded, or published to any public package\nregistry, and it is provided \"AS IS\" without warranty of any kind. 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